Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1576 Picking Peaches

The Atami Turks and the Yangmoren have been fighting fiercely for three days, but the intensity has been greatly reduced.

The two sides are no longer going straight to the hedge, everyone is not good at this style of play, don't pretend to be the cavalry of the Central Plains.Ever since, outflanking and anti-outflanking were staged repeatedly, the circle became bigger and bigger, and the interspersed became deeper and deeper.

At the end of the fight, everyone was in a mess, not knowing where the friendly troops were or where the enemy troops were.There are friendly troops everywhere and enemy troops everywhere. When they meet each other, they first greet each other with arrows, then distance themselves and shoot arrows in circles.When the fire is almost ready, draw out the saber and go.

The Turks were defeated for a while, and they were defeated for a while, the casualties increased sharply, and the consumption of war horses was also great.

To be honest, wars among steppe peoples should not be like this.

But the people are defending their homes and the country, their morale is high, and they will never retreat in a deadly battle.

The Turkic people felt that they had the backing of Master Daxia, they were numerous and powerful, and they were unwilling to retreat even if they did not get any property.

The two sides are like gamblers who want to kill each other. It is impossible to get off the gambling table without losing the last bet.Comparatively speaking, the losses of the Yangmo people were greater, because the Atami Turks interspersed several times, rushed into their villages and towns, and massacred them wantonly, killing and injuring the old and weak, women and children.

But this aroused their fighting spirit instead, and they insisted on seeking revenge from the Turks, and the fighting became more intense.

On May [-]th, when [-] soldiers and horses led by Yang Liang crossed the Sihun River, they encountered such a situation.

"General Yang, please don't hold your hand. These people are very stubborn and have killed many of our brothers." In just a few days, there were a few strands of white hair on his unplugged sideburns. It is very tormented.He couldn't imagine what the class teacher would do when he returned to Atami, how should he answer when the people asked about the whereabouts of his relatives?

Yang Liang stared at the front closely and ignored him at all.

At the foot of the mountain, soldiers of the Xia army were preparing to attack.

The army cavalrymen who came all the way on foot got on their horses, and started to form a team with their long horses.

These cavalry are completely "specialized" troops attached to infantry operations. They have no ability to attack alone, their range of activities is limited, and their mobility is, to be honest, worse than that of infantry.

But any arm has its own main battlefield.

When the enemy's infantry faltered, the military cavalry would charge, turning their faltering into a rout.

When the prairie cavalry archers came to harass, the military cavalry would take advantage of the horse's physique, charging speed, and hand-to-hand combat to let the harassing prairie light cavalry know why the flowers are so popular.

Their war horses are called the new generation of Qinghai Cong, and they have not been enlisted in large-scale troops for a long time, only two or three years.

But this specialized horse can carry the knight on its back and charge for less than half an hour. During this time, it is the king on the battlefield. However, he couldn't rush, so he could only be beaten passively.

After rushing, Qinghai Cong was sweating profusely, his physical strength had bottomed out, and he refused to run no matter what.But it doesn't matter anymore, what is needed is that it explodes, uses its speed to catch the enemy, and then forces the grassland cavalry archer to fight hand-to-hand with the Central Plains cavalry, killing a large number of enemy troops.

Do it a few more times, and the cavalry and shooting harassment tactics that the prairie cavalry is famous for will become a loss-making business.

Shao Shude is also very satisfied with the new generation of Qinghai Cong.

He remembered that similar horses first appeared in Europe in history, which was already in the 16th century.As soon as this kind of high-speed sprinting horse appeared on the stage, it dwarfed the Arab cavalry in North Africa.No one can harass the marching infantry anymore, they can only watch them advance step by step, capturing one target after another.

Shao Shude imagined the war between the Central Plains Dynasty and the grassland in the future. With the company of this kind of military cavalry, does it count as changing the direction of history?

Of course, the current Qinghai Cong still doesn't satisfy him.During this Western Expedition, it is possible to collect different breeds of horses, bring them back to breed, and see if they can come up with new things.

"General Yang? General Yang?" Seeing that Yang Liang didn't speak, Ba Saigan was a little anxious, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to pull him.

"Canglang!" The guards pulled out their knives and blocked them between them.

"Noisy!" Yang Liang glared at him angrily, but he didn't pay attention to the bird governor at all, and continued to look forward.

The horse-riding infantry of the Golden Sword Army and the Black Army Army also put on their armor and lined up on the grass.

The warriors of the Central Plains have been practicing for 160 years, and they have a lot of experience.

With long spears and large shields, strong bows and crossbows, and brave warriors who are not afraid of death, they will go up and chop with knives, epees, and long axes, and keep the opponent's back.

If you dare to play tricks, you can also learn from Chengde infantry to open a gap in the formation, put the charging enemy cavalry in, then close the gap, and encircle and beat on all sides.

There are so many ways to play, it depends on which one you like to play.

This meeting they chose is obviously a hard punch.

The cavalry covered the flanks, and the infantry charged forward at a brisk pace, with the aim of capturing the enemy's town.

This is also the usual tactic used by mounted infantry.That is, to attack the old and weak women and children of the grassland tribes, destroy their altars and pots, and force the grassland cavalry to charge their infantry, thereby killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers.When the enemy's morale is low and the men are exhausted and horses are exhausted, they will throw in their own fresh cavalry to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

A typical battle example is Su Dingfang's attack on Turkic Sabolo Khan.

Five thousand infantry armed with long spears lined up in a circle, and one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry charged repeatedly, causing heavy casualties, but they couldn't move.At the critical moment, Su Dingfang joined the reserve team, and more than 1 Tibetan soldiers who had rested for a long time charged, broke through the Turks, and beheaded tens of thousands.

But Yang Liang's fight today was not so complicated. His goal was to take the enemy city directly, and the cavalry deployed on the two wings were completely used as cover.

"Boom, boom, boom..." After the sound of the war drum, the cavalry formation moved slowly.

The wind stopped just right, and under the shining of the sun, thousands of cavalry marched forward with a silver light, like a surging tide, advancing step by step.

The Turkic people and the Yangmo people were still desperately fighting, but Bosegan was in no mood to watch.His mind has been attracted by the Xia army, there are only a few thousand people in the area, but they are well-equipped and well-organized, and they march forward indomitably.

The Yangmo people had already discovered the arrival of this new force.

They pulled out two or three thousand riders, trying to stop the advance of this mixed infantry and cavalry brigade.

The cavalry deployed on the two wings parted out and moved forward quickly. One team charged forward, and the other circled around and outflanked.

"Boom!" In the yellow sand all over the sky, nearly [-] cavalrymen from both sides began to collide.

The cavalry of Xia's army lined up in a tight formation, and when they met each other, they used their long horses to break up the cavalry.The cavalry who came around the back charged again horizontally, and the enemy army dispersed even further.

Ba Segan was dumbfounded.

Under the hedge, the sample grinder was directly dispersed.Basaigan could tell that the enemy had suffered casualties, but not necessarily many. Their formation was broken up, which was actually a "chronic disease" of the grassland cavalry. They usually don't like to get together, and their discipline is not very strong. Drive away, pull out a safe distance, and then use superb riding and archery to kill the enemy.

On the other hand, the Central Plains cavalry, perhaps following the tactics of the infantry, naturally liked to charge in groups to make up for the lack of riding and archery, and to kill people with close combat skills.

But it is undeniable that cavalry also needs tactics and formation.The cavalry charging in groups has naturally high morale and various coordination, which makes those who fight alone subconsciously feel timid and leave the battlefield.

After Yang Moren was knocked apart twice, he couldn't see any cooperation, and fell into a state of fighting alone.

"Woo--" The cavalry brigade on both sides of Xia Jun's infantry released the second batch. The whole thousand cavalry were divided into two groups and charged up again.

Arrows were shot at densely. During the charge, people kept falling off their horses, but the people behind accelerated their horses and quickly rushed to Yang Moren.

The horses that were raised obliquely were put down together.

The cavalry on both sides staggered past.

Ba Saigan's eyes widened, and he stared at it: after the wrong horse passed by, not many people fell off on Xia Jun's side, but there were a lot of idling horses on Yang Moren's side.

He sighed silently.

When fighting face to face, the test is another kind of skill.In this regard, professional warriors have an incomparable advantage.

Moreover, the spear cavalry is really ruthless in killing people.Although Cai Cai was covered by the smoke and dust just now, he vaguely saw that when the two sides collided head-on, the Yangmo cavalrymen with short weapons such as sabers and Guduo had almost no power to fight back, and they fell to the ground like cut wheat.

The Xia people seem to have won the battle with cavalry alone. Although they are suspected of picking peaches, their hard power is beyond doubt.

The infantry formation picked up speed.

Perhaps it was contempt, they didn't care much about the threat of the cavalry, and relaxed the formation requirements a little, speeded up, and rushed directly to the dilapidated city wall.

It is indeed difficult for the enemy to respect this performance.

This bird is really not as good as the Khitan cavalry.If the Great Xia did not attack the eight tribes of Khitan, but let them develop and dominate the eastern half of the grassland, in the future, none of these people from the Western Regions could beat the Khitan.

On the vast land, thousands of infantry stepped across the grass, crossed the shallow stream, and splashed large groups of water.

The Yanmo infantry, who formed a formation in front of the stream to meet the enemy, shouted nervously. Before Xia Bing got close, his spear stabbed out, as if piercing the air.

After the water spray cleared away, what appeared in front of them was a ferocious face and a long spear that pierced through the chest.

After the long lance, the tall long ax slashed down vigorously, and blood spattered all over the ground.

Yan Moren gritted his teeth and charged forward, trying in vain to repel Xia Bing with his bloody courage.

Xia Bing has fought for many years, what kind of person has he not seen?Relying on the fine armor on their bodies, they stepped steadily and relentlessly, and every time they stabbed, there would be screams from the opposite side.

The samurai armed with a long ax did not rush forward like the enemy.After fighting for so many years, they were no longer so easily agitated. Instead, they calmly observed the enemy's formation, and found that they were pierced by one or two gaps with their own rifles. Qianjun, make the gap bigger and create more chaos.

This is a group of professional killers who are well-equipped, skilled in martial arts, firm and calm, and cooperate with each other tacitly.

The enemy was encouraging himself, yelling, hypnotizing himself "I want to protect my family", and then charged up with red eyes.

They are silently observing the enemy's flaws, and use the highest efficiency to cooperate with each other to kill.

The enemy is full of blood and courage, but his martial arts are sloppy, his tactics are lacking, and his cooperation is not in place.

They have killed half their lives, and they have long been numb, and they will not be easily agitated, nor will they be easily frightened.As soon as the enemy's figure moved, the way to kill him flashed in the experienced mind. Before the brain gave an order, the muscle memory had already been activated, and the fatal shot was automatically stabbed.

Sometimes it doesn't matter if you miss, you don't need to notify, the comrades will automatically step forward to resolve the crisis for him.

On the battlefield, there is no need to thank anyone, everyone is fighting instinctively, and cooperation is a conditioned reflex deep in the bone marrow.

Being able to command such an army, its generals are happy, because it can make up for your poor formation. It seems that any formation can win the battle, and it will not really reveal its flaws until it encounters an equal opponent-some people even have never seen it in their entire lives. When meeting such an opponent, he can still be named a famous general in the history books with his mediocre talent.

After the initial stalemate for a moment, the battle quickly turned to a one-sided situation.

Bloody courage is important, but people are flesh and blood after all.

The heart is stabbed, and the whole body will lose strength.

When the head is severed, the body will crash to the ground.

This is independent of anyone's will.

The torturers were quickly squeezed together like shepherding sheep, and then some people's blood disappeared, fear welled up in their hearts, and they turned around and ran away.

The enemy formation collapsed irresistibly, Xia Bing took a few steps quickly, and the heavy rifles began to sweep across, creating more chaos.

The cavalry who had repelled the enemy also turned around, inserted into the enemy's formation from the flanks, and completely dispersed them.

Bosegan stood on the high slope, witnessing this painful defeat.

The south wind blew the sand over, his mouth was still open, and he didn't respond at all.It wasn't until he swallowed a mouthful of saliva that he woke up like a dream and spit up.

Xia Jun's cavalry has rushed into the enemy's villages and towns, chasing death to the north.

The dilapidated city walls couldn't stop them at all, and they fled in all directions, crying loudly.

There is no mercy.

Xia's soldiers gradually dispersed, with a team of 50 people, killing everyone they met, and beheading anyone they saw.

"Massacre..." Bassegan said with difficulty: "Actually, people can be captured. It's good to be a slave."

Yang Liang had already looked back from the front line, sneered, and said, "You captured the prisoners, you feed them?"

These words were cold enough that Ba Segan was speechless.

The Turkic light cavalry at the foot of the mountain also rushed up and joined in the burning, killing and looting.

They wrestled with Yang Moren for three days and suffered a lot of casualties. At this time, they were full of old-fashioned and urgently needed to vent their anger, so they attacked very ruthlessly.

There were also people who directly grabbed their belongings, and even tore off their clothes when they met a beautiful woman, laughing loudly.It wasn't until Xia Bing slapped her twice that she let go and watched the woman being carried away by Xia Bing.

Ba Saigan watched from a distance, wanted to complain, but dared not say it.

According to legend, the Tang soldiers in the Western Regions were also so domineering and arrogant, humiliating and bullying them, the grassland servants, at every turn.

There are also bad results. Gao Xianzhi led [-] Tang soldiers and [-] Tibetan soldiers to attack Talas. Gao Xianzhi was caught off guard and led thousands of disabled soldiers to flee in embarrassment.

On the way to retreat, when they met the Tibetan soldiers blocking the road, the Tang people directly shot them down the valley with wooden spears, and they didn't treat them as human beings at all. Thinking about it makes them angry.

Of course, Basaigan still dare not oppose it now.

Satuke's strength is not comparable to that of Dashi. Even if he gets ready to turn against him, he will be killed in the end, which is not worth it.Let's get some benefits from the Xia people first, even if the status is a little lower.

Yang Liang has already descended the hillside.

Ba Saigan hurriedly followed, and headed for Bahuan City (Gumo Prefecture), which had already been conquered.

(End of this chapter)